Cook Islands

An election petition by the leader of the Cook islands Democratic Party has failed, confirming the Cook Islands Party in government.

Cook Islands police are looking for a man who escaped from Arorangi prison late this morning.

The head of a team aiming to desex and microchip 800 dogs on Cook Island's Rarotonga over the next four months, says it will help make the dog population on the island much more manageable. Audio

A former spokesman for Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang has drowned while on holiday in the Cook Islands.

The mayor of Penrhyn in the Cook Islands says he is pushing for another shipment of water to the island as a water supply shortage reaches a critical level.

Another 100,000 litres of water has been sent to Penrhyn in the northern Cook Islands as a water shortage on the island reaches a critical level.

The Cook Islands finance minister says his country does not agree with Tonga's call for China to forgive all Pacific debt.

It's time for the Cook Islands to increase its health spending, particularly on the outer islands, a former health minister says.

High chiefs in the Cook Islands have expressed their concern at the escalating rate of burglaries in Rarotonga.

A Cook Islands government official says the roads in Rarotonga are long past their use by date and resealing is vital.